Charles Austin
Charles Austin is an author at Religion News Service.
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COMMENTARY: The Christmas Wars are over, and Christmas won
By Charles Austin — December 20, 2013
(RNS) Television pundits, conservative politicians and talk-radio loudmouths who believe there is a “War on Christmas” should look around, withdraw their troops and quit screaming. Because if there is a war on Christmas, Christmas has won.
Colm Toibin’s “Testament of Mary” brings Jesus’ mother down to earth
By Charles Austin — April 23, 2013
NEW YORK (RNS) How far can one go in retelling a Bible story, adding things that are not in the original? Colm Toiben's ``The Testament of Mary,'' which opens on Broadway, goes a long way in recrafting the story of the Virgin Mary.
COMMENTARY: A pastor opens his heart to the Christmas church-goer
By Charles Austin — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles Austin is a journalist and a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Ridgefield Park, N.J.) UNDATED _ You are welcome; and yes, we know who you are. But be assured, that from where I stand in the pulpit _ as […]
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